Title: Senior Database Engineer
Location: Remote LATAM
Duration: 12+ month contract
Compensation: Competitive, based on experience
Work Requirements: Citizen of the country of employment or authorized to work in that country.
Senior Database Engineer
About the Role
We're creating a new role for a Senior Database Engineer to bring dedicated SQL Server performance expertise to our engineering team. This is not a traditional DBA position. You won't be focused on backups, patching, or infrastructure. You'll work directly with software engineers to diagnose and fix database-driven performance problems in our products. Our engineers are strong with databases. What we need is a specialist who goes deep on execution plans, indexing, and query tuning, and who can raise the whole team's database performance skills.
Key Responsibilities
Diagnose and resolve SQL Server performance issues in production and pre-production environments
Analyze, rewrite, and optimize complex SQL queries and stored procedures
Read and interpret execution plans to find bottlenecks and inefficiencies
Design and refine indexing strategies to improve query performance
Find and resolve concurrency issues, including blocking, deadlocks, and locking contention
Work with software engineering teams on data access patterns, query design, and schema decisions
Share database performance best practices and build that expertise across the team
Required Qualifications
6+ years of hands-on experience with SQL Server, with a strong focus on performance tuning
Expert-level ability to analyze and optimize complex T-SQL queries
Deep understanding of execution plans, statistics, and the query optimizer
Proven experience designing and tuning indexing strategies
Strong knowledge of concurrency, isolation levels, locking, and blocking
Track record of troubleshooting and resolving production database performance issues
Experience working directly with application development teams (not only in an operations/DBA role)
Nice to Have
Experience with PostgreSQL
Experience with Cassandra or other NoSQL databases
Familiarity with how application code (e.g., Java/ORM frameworks) shapes database performance
Why Join INSPYR Global Solutions (IGS)
Become part of a diverse and multicultural workplace where you'll collaborate with talented professionals from around the world, build meaningful connections, and grow your career in a supportive environment. At IGS, we're committed to helping you succeed by offering:Flexible remote and hybrid work opportunities
Continuous learning and professional development programs
A culture that prioritizes employee wellbeing
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